I liked Google Blog Search and Technorati the most. They were the easiest to use because you simply typed some sort of keyword and it gave you tons of results. Google Blog Search is extremely broad in its search whereas Technorati produces more specific and narrow results which is very useful. I found some interesting feeds. One unusual one that I found using Technorati was called "The Quick 10: All Work and No Play-Doh..." I was searching for "fun learning activities" and this feed popped up. It talked about play-doh and how it can be used in classrooms as a learning device. There were even instructions on how to make play-doh. One useful one that I found was entitled "Teacher Created Tips." Some of the posts were random thoughts, but most were very valuable tips for teachers. One entitled "Think Time for Planning Lessons and Life" talked about the importance of "think time" for yourself and for planning your lessons for school and how to work it in to your busy schedule.
Syndic8.com was the most confusing for me because you basically have to know the exact name of the feed to find what you are looking for. I like the search tools that have a search engine based off of a keyword or phrase. This is the easiest method for finding feeds. It gives you the most options. One down-fall to many of these search tools is that there are so many feeds that will pull up, you must be extremely specific in your keyword search. Other than that, I found these search tools to be very valuable. You can find virtually any feed or article on the subject you are looking for through these search tools.
I found this really neat site called "Search Tools for Web sites and Intranets." Here is the url: http://www.searchtools.com/ It is a site that shows you how to find good search engines and such. It shows you the best ones and which ones to stay away from. It even shows you how to search. With the information on this website, you can find any newfeed you are looking for.
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